http://www.nwcn.com/news/business RSS Feed for NWCN - News - Business en-us Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:05:28 GMT 2012-02-13T04:05:28Z en-us http://www.nwcn.com/news/business/Micron-CEO-Steve-Appleton-dies-in-small-plane-crash-138661974.html Steve Appleton, the chief executive and chairman of Micron, died Friday morning in a small, experimental fixed-wing plane crash, the company said. He was 51. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:44:04 GMT http://www.nwcn.com/news/business/Micron-CEO-Steve-Appleton-dies-in-small-plane-crash-138661974.html 2012-02-03T19:44:04Z http://www.nwcn.com/news/business/139182769.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Love triumphed over action at the weekend box office with a No. 1 debut for the romantic drama "The Vow." Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:02:17 GMT http://www.nwcn.com/news/business/139182769.html 2012-02-13T04:02:17Z http://www.nwcn.com/news/business/139189419.html NEW YORK (AP) — For the past six weeks, Wall Street traders have optimistically pushed the Dow Jones industrial average up nearly 4.8 percent on a belief that the U.S. economic recovery is finally gaining momentum. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:02:46 GMT http://www.nwcn.com/news/business/139189419.html 2012-02-13T04:02:46Z http://www.nwcn.com/news/business/139180584.html PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Lottery officials say someone who played the Powerball in Rhode Island has won the $336.4 million jackpot. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:02:14 GMT http://www.nwcn.com/news/business/139180584.html 2012-02-13T04:02:14Z http://www.nwcn.com/news/business/139196054.html BEIJING (AP) — Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping is flying to the United States for a crucial getting-acquainted visit before he takes over as leader of the world's most populous nation. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:05:28 GMT http://www.nwcn.com/news/business/139196054.html 2012-02-13T04:05:28Z http://www.nwcn.com/news/business/139184119.html HOUSTON (AP) — From testimony about bribes, blood oaths, faked profits and secret Swiss bank accounts, the ongoing fraud trial of jailed and former jet setting Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford has had its share of drama. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:01:41 GMT http://www.nwcn.com/news/business/139184119.html 2012-02-13T04:01:41Z http://www.nwcn.com/news/business/139157164.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is focusing on re-election themes such as jobs and public works projects in President Barack Obama's new budget blueprint while relying on familiar but never enacted tax increases on the wealthy and corporations to reduce future deficits after four years of trillion dollar-plus shortfalls. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:00:42 GMT http://www.nwcn.com/news/business/139157164.html 2012-02-12T19:00:42Z http://www.nwcn.com/news/business/139152439.html NEW YORK (AP) — As the glow fades from the Giants' Super Bowl win, some New York sports fans are focusing on basketball and hockey. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:02:06 GMT http://www.nwcn.com/news/business/139152439.html 2012-02-11T20:02:06Z http://www.nwcn.com/news/business/139154819.html INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — After losing their fight against right-to-work legislation, labor organizers are making a desperate bid on shop room floors and at union halls to persuade members to keep paying their union dues and avoid crippling labor's influence in Indiana. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:32:11 GMT http://www.nwcn.com/news/business/139154819.html 2012-02-11T21:32:11Z http://www.nwcn.com/news/business/139155934.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's new budget proposal will ask Congress to devote millions of dollars for a new trade enforcement center and more U.S. inspectors in China as the administration takes aim at unfair trade practices abroad, a senior administration official said Saturday. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:32:23 GMT http://www.nwcn.com/news/business/139155934.html 2012-02-12T13:32:23Z